February 2007: SLA Corporate Partnership
“Mission control... come in... do you hear me?”
Nigel Harris, along with 140 other nonprofit leaders from across the world, recently attended a Harvard Business School course on strategic management for nonprofit organisations. | more...
Would you automatically upgrade your donors?
Most of us would be familiar with the annual letter from our health insurance company informing us that this year’s premium will be automatically increased by a small amount. | more...
Working together to grow the bequest pie
A group of nonprofits has combined to roll out a campaign encouraging the public to make bequests to nonprofits. Jeremy Bradshaw investigates some key lessons in charity collaboration. | more...
Personal appeal to the heart pays off
The Heart Foundation has introduced a new approach to its direct mail campaigns with sterling results. Jennifer Doubell reveals the successful formula that recently saw the organisation win an international award for excellence. | more...
‘Real Time Processing’ causing real headaches
Poor implementation by financial institutions of ‘Real Time Processing’ of credit card transactions is resulting in Australian nonprofits being stranded and at risk of losing millions of dollars. Laura Munro and Jeremy Bradshaw report. | more...
The process of business
The words “business processes” may not get your heart racing, but as sure as night follows day, if you don’t have them when the time comes, you may find your hair standing on end. | more...
SLSA and Westpac renew their vows
Surf Live Saving Australia and Westpac enjoy one of the country’s oldest corporate partnerships, and the association recently underwent a makeover. | more...
Donors sing Tania’s song
When Tania de Jong opened her mouth and the words of Amazing Grace rang out over the 700 guests at Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards late last year, it was recognition that The Song Room had grown. | more...
An Inspired fundraising journey
Jack Heath, chief executive officer of the Inspire Foundation, traces the fundraising trials and tribulations of a small nonprofit on the move. | more...
Ringing in the changes
For the Telstra Foundation, 2007 marks a break with the past. Georgia Symmons explains the foundation’s new direction and the opportunities for nonprofits. | more...
FIA looking to work more closely with nonprofits
Proposed changes to the FIA’s Constitution enabling the FIA to work more closely with nonprofit organisations will be put to members at the Annual General Meeting this month. | more...
Funding models need review
Have nonprofit organisations and their supporters unwittingly developed a pattern of funding that does neither any favours? | more...
F’raisers can play a stronger role
As government regulators in Australia and around the world respond to popular calls for charities to be made “more accountable,” Ted Flack says professional fundraising practitioners must consider what they can do to help maintain public confidence. | more...
The ‘thank you’ that counts
The thing about thank you letters is that they have to be done, but sometimes they can be an inconvenience and a time consumer. | more...
Industry Insider - February 2007
Industry Insider - February 2007 | more...
